Car-ticket holder.



A. WESTENSBE.

GAR TICKET HOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 23. 1912.

1,075,132, Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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A. WESTENSEE. CAB. TICKET HOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 23, 1912.

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Application.filed'August 23, 1912. Serial No. 716,700;

To. aZZ whom. it may concern: 7

Be it known that AD.O 1? WES/Tammie citizen of the United States,residing at Galva, in the county of Ida and State of Iowa, have inventednew and, useful 111 provements in Gar-Ticket Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to ticket holders, the object in view being toprovide a receptacle for tickets which will enable the tickets to. befed outwardly from the casing of the holder, one by one, at the sametime holding the tickets in convenient position, and giving access to aportion of the foremost ticket, so that the operator may apply a numberto the face or back of the ticket, before it is projected from. theholder.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the ticketholder may be readily adapted to tickets of different thicknesses.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ticket holder,embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a central verticallongitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation,partly broken away to show one of the springs. Fig. 4 is a horizontalsection taken lengthwise through the ticket holder. Fig. 5 is a crosssection taken adjacent to the follower slot. Fig. 6 is also crosssection taken through the lever compartment.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a suitable casing, forming thebody of the ticket holder. For a portion of its length, the casingcomprises an inner wall 2, and an outer wall 3, the inner walls forminga ticket compartment, and the outer walls forming, in connection withthe inner walls, spring compartments, in which are arranged the springswhich control the follower plate. The casing of the holder is furtherprovided in the top side thereof with a slot 4 adapting the uppermostticket to be numbered before it is ejected from the holder, and at oneend the ticket compartment is closed by means of a hinged cover 5 whichmay be thrown open to allow a new batch of ticke s to be ins rted in thetic et, on1.- pa tm nt.

In. thev ti ket, c mpartm nt a ranged a follower plate 6 which urges thetickets t wa d the t p S e f e e i itz v Thi ol ow plate pin les 7 p jcting from m te ide ther of, w ich Pass t r gh ert a sl s 8 in the innerwal 2, abov efe r d to, W il lea spr ng 9 arra ged in he ompar men s aopposite sides of the ticket compartment are terminally con nected tosaid pintles 'Z, and serve to. urge the foll we Plate yiel'cli'ng y towr the upper side of the casing, so to, feed for,- ward he ti ket s ownat 19- In lin h t e op. of t ca ing th atter is pro i ed. i h a di hargop ing 11, the size of which is rendered adjustable by means of a plate12 extending across said opening, and having end flanges 13 which areslotted, as shown at 14, to receive binding screws 15, thereby admittingof the adjustment of said plate, so as to vary the size of the dischargeopening in accordance with the thickness of the tickets used in theholder.

Operating just under the top wall of the ticket holder is a feed slide16, against the bottom of which the uppermost ticket bears, when pressedupward by the follower plate hereinabove described. This slide extendsbackward in rear of the ticket compartment, where it moves in suitableguides 17 secured to the under side of the top of the casing. The slideis provided with one or more lugs 18 extending downward from the rearextremity thereof, and connected to said lug or lugs by means of a pivotpin 19 is a segment lever 20 which is journaled on a shaft 21 in thecompartment in rear of the ticket receiving compartment. Meshing withthe segment lever 20 is a finger lever 22 which is fulcrumed, at 23, andprojects outward through a slot 24 in the curved wall 25 of the holder,where it may be operated by a quick movement of the finger.

26 designates a spring coiled around the shaft referred to, and whichserves to force the slide outward, so as to partially eject a ticketfrom the holder, the slide being moved backward to its initial positionby manipu lating the finger lever referred to. At a suitable point inits length, the slide is provided with a transverse shoulder 27 adapted,when the slide is moved backward, to slip behind the rear edge of theticket, so that when the slide is again moved forward by the action ofthe spring thereon, the ticket will be en-.

gaged thereby and partially ejected through the discharge opening in theholder.

28 designates another finger lever, projecting through the slot 29 inthe curved wall of the casing, said lever being mounted on a rock shaft30 journaled on the rear wall of the ticket compartment, and comprisingtwo forwardly extending arms 31 which are connected to the pintles atopposite sides of the follower plate, thereby enabling said followerplate to be moved downward, for the purpose of inserting a fresh batchof tickets in the holder.

springs at opposite sides of the ticket compartment come into play tocarry the follower plate upward, for the purpose specified.

What is claimed is:

1. A ticket holder, comprising a. casing having outer and inner wallswith intervening spaces, the inner walls forming a ticket compartment, aspring pressed follower plate in said compartment, a finger leverconnect- As soon i as the last-named finger lever is released, the

ed with said plate, springs arranged in the said spaces at oppositesides of said compartment acting on the follower plate, a ticketejecting slide, a gear segment lever operatively connected with saidslide, a spring acting on said segment lever to urge the slide outward,and a finger lever geared to the segment lever.

2. A ticket holder, comprising a casing having outer and inner wallswith intervening spaces, the inner walls forming a ticket compartment, aspring pressed follower plate in said compartment, a finger leverconnected with said plate, springs arranged in the said spaces atopposite sides of said compartment acting on the follower plate, aticket ejecting slide movable toward and away from a discharge openingin the casing, a. finger lever for operating said slide, and a gageplate adjustable relatively to said opening for varying the sizethereof. In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence of twowltnesses.

ADOLPH VVESTENSEE.

l/Vitnesses F. D. Or'rmo, J. W. LANK.

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